measure

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Pronunciation

/ˈmɛʒə/(MEH-zhur)

Part of speech

verbneutral

Chinese

测量;衡量(确定某事物的数量或程度)

Definition

To determine the size, amount, or degree of something using a standard unit; to assess the extent of something.

Word family

  • measurement/ˈmɛʒəmənt/(n)测量;尺寸
  • measurable/ˈmɛʒərəbəl/(adj)可测量的
  • measure/ˈmɛʒə/(n)措施;度量

Collocations

  • measure performance
  • measure success
  • measure the impact
  • hard to measure
  • measure against
  • key performance measure

Examples

  1. 1.Success should be measured not just by financial returns but by the value created for all stakeholders.
  2. 2.The programme has been difficult to measure precisely because its effects are spread across multiple systems.

Synonyms

  • assess/əˈsɛs/evaluate
  • gauge/ɡeɪdʒ/estimate or measure — note: already #1418 as verb
  • quantify/ˈkwɒntɪfaɪ/express as a number

Etymology

from Latin "mensurare" = to measure, from "mensura" (a measure)